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Lessons from a Webby-Winning Web Site

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Joe Flood

I was excited to learn that The Nature Conservancy won a Webby for their web site, nature.org. They beat out the competition (which included the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation!) in the category of Charitable Organizations Nonprofit. I worked on … Continue reading →

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Why Doesn’t Government Use the Web to Organize Its Work?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Joe Flood

I’ve been reading Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky. It’s a brilliant book on the information revolution that we’re going through. He believes that this revolution is as momentous as the development of the printing press, which triggered the Reformation … Continue reading →

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10 Tips for Managing a Creative Environment

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Joe Flood

Here are some more notes from SXSW Interactive. I attended a session called, “10 Tips for Managing a Creative Environment.”  Bryan Mason and Sarah Nelson of Adaptive Path interviewed stage managers and conductors on how you keep a group creative … Continue reading →

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The Artisan Economy

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Joe Flood

A new study by Intuit predicts that the past will become the future. We’re heading into the Age of the Artisan. The press release has a great lede: Artisans, historically defined as skilled craftsmen who fashioned goods by hand, will … Continue reading →

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